A Belarusian border guard was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for failing to report a border crossing by a Swedish plane that parachuted hundreds of teddy bears into the country carrying pro-democracy protest messages.
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The Netherlands is failing to ‘vigorously pursue’ foreign bribery allegations and must do more to enforce its foreign bribery laws, the OECD said on Tuesday.
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The Associated Press cites a report by Amtrak’s inspector general that says the company’s operating employees who are in responsible for keeping passengers safe have been failing such tests at a rate that is way over what the national average is for the railroad industry.
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Six Italian scientists and one government official could see four-year prison terms for manslaughter for allegedly downplaying the risk of an earthquake in the town of L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009.
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China today delivered the first of 12 crude supertankers to Iran “giving Tehran extra capacity to transport its oil to Asia as it struggles against Western sanctions.” Meanwhile the US allies are increasingly worried by rising oil prizes
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His impromptu speech shocked guests at a book launch in Cape Town, according to local media reports, which said a “chatty audience” including senior government officials was immediately silenced.
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Gee, I wonder why. Still, fears are growing that a new generation of British jihadis may be cutting their teeth in Syria and might return with a vengeance to Britain.
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Teachers are being told not to correct more than three spelling errors at a time to avoid damaging pupils’ self-confidence, an MP revealed yesterday.
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Going largely unreported by the mainstream media is a clearly angry President Obama being given a detailed lecture as to how the irresponsible deficit spending of the Obama administration is negatively impacting the economies of developing nations.
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Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) wants answers from Energy Secretary Steven Chu about documents that appear to indicate that Mr. Chu personally intervened to help secure a .4 billion partial loan guarantee for a large-scale rooftop solar project known as Project Amp that was to be supplied equipment by the sinking ship that was Solyndra.
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